History Theatre / MButterfly

** Subverted with Gallimard, who thinks he knows all about orientalatt men and women based on silly stereotypes he has seen in the western media, such as their fetishistic desire to be controlled and exploited by the west, which is only encouraged by Song's manipulation of him. Eventually, he is proven wrong when all of his military and political advice given to the American and French diplomats blows back in everyone's faces at the start of the VietnamWar.

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** Subverted with Gallimard, who thinks he knows all about orientalatt oriental men and women based on silly stereotypes he has seen in the western media, such as their fetishistic desire to be controlled and exploited by the west, which is only encouraged by Song's manipulation of him. Eventually, he is proven wrong when all of his military and political advice given to the American and French diplomats blows back in everyone's faces at the start of the VietnamWar.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Gallimard's fantasy of entering a relationship in vain of ''MadameButterfly'' does come true, in a way. [[spoiler: Only he's the one who turns out to be the sad, pathetic, and naive weakling exploited and abused by a dominant lover, who was Song all along]].

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* GoneHorriblyRight: Gallimard's fantasy of entering a relationship in vain the vein of ''MadameButterfly'' ''Theatre/MadameButterfly'' does come true, in a way. [[spoiler: Only he's the one who turns out to be the sad, pathetic, and naive weakling exploited and abused by a dominant lover, who was Song all along]].

* ArtisticLicenseMusic: In the film, everyone keeps referring to the aria "Un bel dì vedremo" as Butterfly's "death scene," but it isn't. This song occurs much earlier in the opera, where Butterfly dreams of her American lover returning. Her actual death scene occurs at the very end, during an aria called "Con onor muore."

** In the film, shortly after Song's performance of ''Madame Butterfly'' at the embassy ball, one of the women attending says "Mademoiselle Song is very striking, but she simply has no voice," which subtly informs the viewer that there is something not quite right about Song portraying Madame Butterfly.

** Subverted with Gallimard, who thinks he knows all about oriental men and women based on silly stereotypes he has seen in the western media, such as their fetishistic desire to be controlled and exploited by the west, which is only encouraged by Song's manipulation of him. Eventually, he is proven wrong when all of his military and political advice given to the American and French diplomats blows back in everyone's faces at the start of the VietnamWar.

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** Subverted with Gallimard, who thinks he knows all about oriental orientalatt men and women based on silly stereotypes he has seen in the western media, such as their fetishistic desire to be controlled and exploited by the west, which is only encouraged by Song's manipulation of him. Eventually, he is proven wrong when all of his military and political advice given to the American and French diplomats blows back in everyone's faces at the start of the VietnamWar.

** [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by Song, who brings up that while ''Madame Butterfly'' gets well-received for using this trope, an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with a Japanese businessman and an American cheerleader would [[DoubleStandard come off as a wangsty trainwreck instead]].

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** [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] Discussed]] by Song, who brings up that while ''Madame Butterfly'' gets well-received for using this trope, an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with a Japanese businessman and an American cheerleader would [[DoubleStandard come off as a wangsty trainwreck instead]].

**[[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by Song, who brings up that while ''Madame Butterfly'' gets well-received for using this trope, an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with a Japanese businessman and an American cheerleader would [[DoubleStandard come off as a wangsty trainwreck instead]].

** And [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by Song, who brings up that while ''Madame Butterfly'' gets well-received for using this trope, an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with a Japanese businessman and an American cheerleader would [[DoubleStandard come off as a wangsty trainwreck instead]].* NamesTheSame: Rene Gallimard and his other mistress Renee. The trope is muddled somewhat as some printings make Gallimard's name René with an "ai" sound instead of the "ee".

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** And [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by Song, who brings up that while ''Madame Butterfly'' gets well-received for using this trope, an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with a Japanese businessman and an American cheerleader would [[DoubleStandard come off as a wangsty trainwreck instead]].* NamesTheSame: OneSteveLimit: Rene Gallimard and his other mistress Renee. The trope is muddled somewhat as some printings make Gallimard's name René with an "ai" sound instead of the "ee".

* PragmaticAdaptation: The film version. Because of the format, much of the LeaningOnTheFourthWall is taken out, meaning that less emphasis is placed on Gallimard's psyche. This forces the film to go in another direction entirely, focusing on how Song constructs her identity as Gallimard's ideal lover. Much of the comic relief and witty zingers provided by the characters, especilly Song's espionage handler, has also been removed.

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* PragmaticAdaptation: The film version. Because of the format, much of the LeaningOnTheFourthWall is taken out, meaning that less emphasis is placed on Gallimard's psyche. This forces the film to go in another direction entirely, focusing on how Song constructs her identity as Gallimard's ideal lover. Much Most of the comic relief and witty zingers provided by the characters, especilly Song's espionage handler, has also been removed.

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